1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index 615c0628678b..a42624a6cb5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -414,12 +414,27 @@ get_tracepoints_path(struct list_head *pattrs)
 		if (pos->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
 			continue;
 		++nr_tracepoints;
+
+		if (pos->name) {
+			ppath->next = tracepoint_name_to_path(pos->name);
+			if (ppath->next)
+				goto next;
+
+			if (strchr(pos->name, ':') == NULL)
+				goto try_id;
+
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+try_id:
 		ppath->next = tracepoint_id_to_path(pos->attr.config);
 		if (!ppath->next) {
+error:
 			pr_debug("No memory to alloc tracepoints list\n");
 			put_tracepoints_path(&path);
 			return NULL;
 		}
+next:
 		ppath = ppath->next;
 	}